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Avalanche warning for region Hardanger Wednesday 04.12.2019

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
The snowpack is still wet and unstable. Avoid potential release areas and runout areas for avalanches. It might be some spots with fresh wind deposited snow at high altitude.

Avalanche problems

Wet snow (slab avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on a few steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury or even kill you (size 2).

Buried weak layer of faceted snow near the ground

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on a few steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury or even kill you (size 2).

Buried weak layer of new snow
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Below you can see a description of the current snow cover information and current weather forecast in the mountains. If your observations deviate greatly from what is described here, the warning will not necessarily apply either. Always make your own judgments or stay away from avalanche terrain.

Snow cover (in Norwegian)

Tuesday 3. December 2019

Snøoverflaten er preget av fuktighet helt opp til de høyeste toppene.
Det er generelt lite snø i regionen. Sammenhengende skiføre finnes over ca 800 moh og det er betydelig mindre snø enn normalt. Vind fra V-NV før mildværet, har flyttet mest snø over i østvendte heng.

Det finnes kantkorn ved bakken, men det er begrenset med snø over.

Mountain weather

Tuesday 3. December 2019

15 mm precipitation, up to 20 mm in the most exposed areas. Strong breeze from southwest, changing to moderate gale from the west during renoon. -4 °C to 1 °C at 1400 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Wednesday 4. December 2019

6 mm precipitation, up to 15 mm in the most exposed areas. Fresh breeze from southwest, changing to moderate gale from the southwest during the afternoon. -3 °C to 0 °C at 1400 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Advice

The bulletin is a planning tool and may differ from the actual situation. Always make your own evaluation. To be 100 % avalanche safe, avoid all avalanche terrain.

Avalanche risk assessment

Mildvær og regn gir fortsatt våte skredproblem. Tynt snødekke gjør at det fortsatt er få heng som har nok snø til at det kan gå middels store skred. Disse kan løsne naturlig og helt nede ved bakken. Mindre løssnøskred kan løses ut i de fleste heng som har snø.
Rundt de høyeste fjellområdene der det kommer mest nedbør kan det i leområder samle seg flak av fersk fokksnø. Det forventes at disse binder seg godt til underlaget, men en kan løse ut skred her. Størrelsen vil være avhengig av snømengde.
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